Most people love to be entertained. Folks will flock to venues where they can escape from the stress of everyday life. That venue might include off-broadway shows, live music, movies or even chilling at home watching a TV show.Online video streaming services make it super easy to relax at the end of a long, hard day. Most movie lovers have Netflix, yet – this is something that only a small pool of people have knowledge of…

Netflix literally has thousands of movies and TV shows that you can watch with a quick flick of the remote control. If you already know the title of the video you want to watch, you can easily search for it. Otherwise, you’re stuck browsing through common categories, such as Science Fiction or TV Shows.Most of the time, the categories that are shown to you are based off of your previous video watching history. So, if you accidentally clicked on Home Alone for just a second, you might see a category based on Screwball Comedies (9702) show up on your Netflix home screen.Yet, don’t you wish you could browse for videos based on something a little bit more palatable, such as the elusive Experimental Movies (11079)? That would be pretty cool to find out what kind of lineup ends up in that category.

Well, it turns out this bonafide category actually exists! You probably just weren’t watching enough experimental movies for it to pop up on your home screen.In fact, there are a ton of secret hidden categories that Netflix has been keeping away from your prying eyes. How dare they!

These include everything from the mundane, like Classic Comedies (31694), to something that goes a little bit deeper, such as Deep Sea Horror Movies (45028).

By the way, Classic Comedies are not the same thing as plain Jane regular Comedies (6548). That’s like comparing a regular seal to an elephant seal – they are two entirely different species!

You might be wondering why I keep typing a number in parenthesis after the category title. It’s not there to annoy you, but inform you. It’s your VIP ticket to video paradise!

Those special numbers allow you to access a ton of video categories that Netflix wants to keep stashed away from the world. It’s as if they’re preparing for video apocalypse by keeping additional categories out of the hands of hungry Netflix fans.

It’s certainly oddball behavior from one of the world’s largest online video streaming services. But, let’s not worry about what the kooky Netflix board members decide to do behind the scenes! Now that you have the key to access a whole new world, there’s one more thing you need to do.

Enter The Secret Code

In order to access these categories, you need to login to your Netflix account and enter in the code.

Here’s how you do it:

1. In your computer’s web browser, type in the following URL:

2. http://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/####

3. Where you see ####, replace this with the category code from the list below.

Unfortunately, these codes won’t work on your smartphone’s Netflix app or on a smart TV. You need type in these codes from a web browser on your computer. However, it’s easy to add movies to your “watch list” once you’ve got your foot in the proverbial door. Your “watch list” is always available across multiple devices, including your phone.